I know from teaching, that actors want to act. Even the subtlest actors can do a little too much.

We all do things at certain points that are contradictory. Some things, it's a smaller contradiction, and other things it's larger.

When you have great acting partners, you hope that your reaction to them is propels you deeper into your own character.

What helps me is yogic breathing, dropping my spiritual level where I am really, really clear that I am playing a character.

For me, I've lived a life as an athlete.

Many times - especially when I'm playing an historical character - I want to be really on target with how I create that character and really nuanced with who that human being might be. But I don't want to lose the likeness of me or the depth of my own personality. So meditation and my spirituality has helped me to realize that, yes, I want to get out of the way but I also want the ability to hold on to what the audience likes of what they see of me.

We want to remember to be playful! We're here in this wonderful and incredible world! Like, the grand architect of the universe created this playground. And we're supposed to have fun, and we're supposed to play.